Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (53.33%), followed by Haywood County (49.99%), and Hardeman County (41.52%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Tennessee counties.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 53.33 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 49.99 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 41.52 |
| 4 | Madison County | 37.09 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 34.61 |
| 6 | Lake County | 28.42 |
| 7 | Fayette County | 27.63 |
| 8 | Davidson County | 27.47 |
| 9 | Hamilton County | 19.47 |
| 10 | Montgomery County | 18.71 |
| 11 | Gibson County | 18.36 |
| 12 | Tipton County | 18.29 |
| 13 | Dyer County | 14.14 |
| 14 | Rutherford County | 13.98 |
| 15 | Crockett County | 13.23 |
| 16 | Maury County | 11.71 |
| 17 | Obion County | 10.49 |
| 18 | Giles County | 10.23 |
| 19 | Carroll County | 10.11 |
| 20 | Chester County | 8.97 |
| 21 | Trousdale County | 8.87 |
| 22 | Knox County | 8.76 |
| 23 | Henderson County | 7.8 |
| 24 | Henry County | 7.74 |
| 25 | Weakley County | 7.57 |
| 26 | Bedford County | 7.53 |
| 27 | Robertson County | 7.28 |
| 28 | Bledsoe County | 7.05 |
| 29 | Sumner County | 6.82 |
| 30 | Lincoln County | 6.76 |
| 31 | Wilson County | 6.59 |
| 32 | Marshall County | 6.55 |
| 33 | Wayne County | 6.41 |
| 34 | McNairy County | 5.92 |
| 35 | Franklin County | 4.87 |
| 36 | Hickman County | 4.75 |
| 37 | Bradley County | 4.5 |
| 38 | Williamson County | 4.19 |
| 39 | Dickson County | 4.14 |
| 40 | Washington County | 4.11 |
| 41 | Anderson County | 3.87 |
| 42 | Hamblen County | 3.78 |
| 43 | Marion County | 3.72 |
| 44 | McMinn County | 3.66 |
| 45 | Morgan County | 3.43 |
| 46 | Coffee County | 3.36 |
| 47 | Hardin County | 3.24 |
| 48 | Warren County | 3 |
| 49 | Blount County | 2.88 |
| 50 | Decatur County | 2.78 |
| 51 | Houston County | 2.72 |
| 52 | Roane County | 2.61 |
| 53 | Humphreys County | 2.52 |
| 54 | Benton County | 2.32 |
| 55 | Johnson County | 2.22 |
| 56 | Moore County | 2.2 |
| 57 | Sullivan County | 2.16 |
| 58 | Greene County | 2.1 |
| 59 | Smith County | 2.09 |
| 60 | Perry County | 2.08 |
| 61 | Putnam County | 2 |
| 62 | Jefferson County | 1.99 |
| 62 | Rhea County | 1.99 |
| 63 | Cocke County | 1.96 |
| 64 | Monroe County | 1.94 |
| 65 | Lewis County | 1.88 |
| 66 | White County | 1.75 |
| 67 | Lawrence County | 1.68 |
| 68 | Cheatham County | 1.66 |
| 69 | Stewart County | 1.54 |
| 70 | Meigs County | 1.42 |
| 71 | Carter County | 1.4 |
| 71 | Clay County | 1.4 |
| 71 | Hawkins County | 1.4 |
| 72 | Cannon County | 1.39 |
| 73 | DeKalb County | 1.32 |
| 74 | Loudon County | 1.25 |
| 75 | Claiborne County | 1.14 |
| 76 | Sevier County | 0.97 |
| 77 | Van Buren County | 0.83 |
| 78 | Macon County | 0.65 |
| 79 | Grainger County | 0.63 |
| 80 | Overton County | 0.6 |
| 81 | Polk County | 0.55 |
| 82 | Cumberland County | 0.47 |
| 82 | Grundy County | 0.47 |
| 83 | Sequatchie County | 0.45 |
| 84 | Hancock County | 0.41 |
| 85 | Jackson County | 0.36 |
| 86 | Campbell County | 0.34 |
| 87 | Unicoi County | 0.33 |
| 88 | Fentress County | 0.32 |
| 89 | Union County | 0.25 |
| 90 | Pickett County | 0.16 |
| 90 | Scott County | 0.16 |